The main control room, and yet it was not. So different, so very different. Oh it was SHADO, there was no questioning that, but these people were not his, this was not his Control room. His SHADO was not a jumble of burnt out and wrecked consoles, of exhausted and filthy staff clustered around the few remaining machines that still seemed to be active. Wires and cables looping from broken…
One Wish at Christmas: Part 3
By the time she told him to slow down he was shaking with cold and heat and fear. He pulled the car over to the side of the road, switching on the hazard lights. They had not seen one other vehicle on the roads since leaving… leaving… He opened the door, desperate to get out, tangling his arm in the seat belt for a frantic moment. He made it to…
One Wish at Christmas: Part 2
The house looked strangely familiar, the white gate in the fence giving a familiar and welcoming creak as he pushed it open, the path curving around the bole of a heavy tree. He stopped, fearful, his heart pounding now, not from exertion, but dread. ‘Come with me.’ She was there beside him, her fingers on his elbow, guiding him, gentle hands leading him towards the windows with their bright lights…
Ford’s Left Shoe
A UFO Story by LtCdr All usual disclaimers apply Copyright Jan 2013 Keith Ford looked around the refectory with a frown; the busiest time of the day and no tables free. He didn’t like sitting with the medical staff who had a tendency to talk shop while they were eating. There was one table where he might sit; a table for four yet with only one place occupied . It…
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UFO Comics Identified (13, 14, 15) by Moreno Tambellini
More from Moreno Tambellini’s great UFO comic. ‘Identified’
Book Review: Century 21 FX Update
Special STUDIOS REVISITED Edition By Alan Shubrook ‘Special effects model maker Alan Shubrook recalls his moving journey back in time, revealing some of the tell-tale signs of the magical era of film making that are still hidden within its walls.’ This is a nostalgic look back at a world long since vanished apart from photographs and fading memories. A beautiful and at times deeply emotional journey…
Glitch in the Machine – An (chapter 8)
A thousand horses – the wild – the free – like waves that follow o’er the sea, came thickly thundering on. “Colonel Freeman?” Ayshea’s tone was hesitant, as she approached him, several prints in her hands. Alec smiled up at her, and he did not even have to force himself into that, even though by now he was bone tired. No wonder really that Straker looked as grouchy as…